
Once Usopp joins the Straw Hat Pirates, they gain their own ship, the Going Merry, which is later destroyed and replaced by a larger and more powerful vessel, the Thousand Sunny created by their shipwright Franky. The crew's number increases throughout the series, as Luffy recruits new members.

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The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates ( 麦わらの一味, Mugiwara no Ichimi ), a crew of ten pirates captained by Monkey D. Straw Hat Pirates Straw Hat Pirates Jolly Roger After an editor told him that Morgan, in Oda's words, "looked lame", he changed the design to its final style. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design. "Sailor" in Japanese is suihei ( 水兵), and "Suihei Chop" is a fighting technique used by Giant Baba, a Japanese wrestler.

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Oda originally named Morgan after "Chop", with the character's full title being "Naval Captain Chop" or "Sailor Chop". Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppo's father.

Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama (homosexual) characters and became Ivankov's first voice actor. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Drake ( Sir Francis Drake), Basil Hawkins ( Basil Ringrose and John Hawkins), Capone Bege ( Al Capone and William Le Sauvage), Jewelry Bonney ( Anne Bonny), Urouge ( Aruj and Oruç Reis), Alvida ( Awilda), Bartolomeo ( Bartholomew Roberts), Bellamy ( Samuel Bellamy), Blackbeard ( Edward Teach), Cavendish ( Thomas Cavendish), Big Mom ( Charlotte Badger), Gold Roger ( Olivier Levasseur), Lafitte ( Jean Lafitte), Roronoa Zoro ( François l'Olonnais), Silvers Rayleigh ( Sir Walter Raleigh), Thatch ( Edward Thatch), Yorki ( Calico Jack), Zeff and Sanji ( "Red Legs" Greaves), Trafalgar Law ( Edward Low), Barbarossa ( Hayreddin Barbarossa), and Scratchmen Apoo ( Chui A-poo). Several characters have been stated to be based on actual pirates and sailors such as: Eustass Kid ( Eustace the Monk and William Kidd), X. Initial concept art for the Straw Hat Pirates. ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Together they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams, encountering other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret agents and soldiers of the corrupt World Government, and various other friends and foes. Throughout the series, Luffy gathers himself a diverse crew named the Straw Hat Pirates, including: the three-sword-wielding combatant Roronoa Zoro (sometimes referred to as Roronoa Zolo in the English manga) the thief and navigator Nami the cowardly marksman and inventor Usopp the amorous cook and martial artist Sanji the anthropomorphic reindeer and doctor Tony Tony Chopper the archaeologist Nico Robin the cyborg shipwright Franky the living skeleton musician Brook and the fish-man helmsman Jimbei. Luffy is the series' main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gold Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure, the "One Piece".

The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the mythical "One Piece" treasure. Many of the characters possess abilities gained by eating "Devil Fruits". The majority of the characters are human, but the cast also includes dwarfs, giants, mermen and mermaids, fish-men, sky people, and minks, and many others. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using various superhuman abilities. The One Piece manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. Luffy (front), Jimbei (back), Tony Tony Chopper, Roronoa Zoro, Franky, and Usopp. From left to right: Nico Robin, Nami, Brook, Sanji, Monkey D. The protagonists of the One Piece series, the Straw Hat Pirates. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.
